The Lek River In My Home Town Nieuwegein, Utrecht August 9, 2025 4.72 mi 0:34:47 hrs 55 °F A magnificent early morning view from the Jan Blankenbrug early in the morning. The Jan Blankenbrug is a bridge that carries the A2 highway over the Lek River. It connects Nieuwegein and Vianen, and it’s a well-known […]
Utrecht Path Leg 11 SP13 Maarssen to Utrecht March 2025 Tackling the Last Leg We set off again two days later, on the very last stage of the Utrecht Path. We took the train to Maarssen and walked a bit extra to reconnect with the route at the bridge over the Vecht in the town
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A Glimpse into The Kremer Collection Exploring Dutch Museums and Galleries Rembrandt’s Scratches With friends, I went to the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar to admire the Kremer Collection. This collection is a private one, on loan to the museum, containing approximately 100 Dutch and Flemish masterpieces from the Dutch Golden Age. George and Ilone Kremer have
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Utrecht Path Leg 10 SP13 Hollandsche Rading to Maarssen March 2025 Crossing into North Holland at Hollandsche Rading Monday afternoon, around half past twelve, we were back at the station in Hollandsche Rading for a new leg of the Utrecht path, which this time also passes through the province of North Holland. The Hollandsche Rading,
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Utrecht Path Leg 9 SP13 Baarn to Hollandsche Rading March 2025 The Utrecht Path’s Royal Leg! The Utrecht Path keeps on giving unexpected gems. Finding this serene beauty close to Utrecht’s large cities and suburbs is a welcoming wonder! We thoroughly enjoyed our royal walk today.From Baarn station, the Utrecht path passed the former historical
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Utrecht Path Leg 8 SP13 Amersfoort to Baarn March 2025 Scherpenzeel to Amersfoort The central theme of today’s Utrecht Path hike was the Eem River, approximately 18 kilometers (11 miles) long, which officially begins at the 15th-century Koppelpoort on the northwest side of the historic center of Amersfoort.On this early, foggy Sunday morning, we hardly
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The Gulp Valley, the “Foreign” Side of the Netherlands: Somewhere in The Netherlands Discovering Dutch Heights with Old Friends We were away for a weekend for a short reunion with friends who live in Maastricht. On the first day, we stayed close to their home, and while walking around in their neighborhood, we were the
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Utrecht Path Leg 6 & 7 SP13 Scherpenzeel to Amersfoort February 2025 Scherpenzeel to Amersfoort Three days later, we were back at the church in Scherpenzeel around half past ten. Our arrival was later than planned; we had missed the information that the bus was only scheduled once an hour on Sundays instead of twice.
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Utrecht Path Leg 5 & 6 SP13 Veenendaal to Scherpenzeel February 2025 Veenendaal to Scherpenzeel, History and Hiking We put on our hiking shoes again to walk a new leg of the Utrechtpad, this time the last part of stage 5 and the start of stage 6, from Veenendaal to Scherpenzeel. The Utrechtpad runs through
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Utrecht Path Leg 4 SP13 Leersum to Veenendaal February 2025 The Utrechtse Heuvelrug in A Winter Wonderland We picked a beautiful sunny and crisp winter’s day to hike the fourth leg of the Utrecht trail through National Park “De Utrechtse Heuvelrug.” De Utrechtse Heuvelrug is a moraine created during the penultimate ice age, the Saalien,
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